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Why do people think John Lennon is some sort of deity ?

bayern282 · 2011-05-20 23:11:17

The point I'm trying to make here is has any piddling three minute pop song ever stopped a war or prevented one, did Lennon's bed in for peace in Amsterdam stop the Vietnam war. I think not. I do rate him musically, but maybe the importance of this medium is over rated and somewhat of a distraction, auditory cheesecake as…

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#52 27-05-2011 9:51pm

mrsdewinter

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Yeah, he's deified - I think most men go through a phase in their teens of thinking Lennon is god, and that there's a cohort of men in their 50s now who still think he's the wisest soul to ever walk the earth. I know that death added a different dimension to the legend, but I'm really glad he didn't survive into the Twitter age. Bearing witness to the fanboy adoration meted out to Gaiman, Dylan, et al, I think it's pretty clear Lennon would be unbearable.

But that extract from Clapton's autobiography is very telling (thanks BNT). It just confirms for me that he was a fairly bright schoolboy who wanted only to shock.

Musically, I get the fact that the Beatles were game-changers: writing their own material, and releasing records on their own label marked a sea change. I just think that there was more to the group than mouthy Lennon.

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